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Michigan
World Middleweight Championship
(1909 — 1928)
World Middleweight Championship
(1909 — 1928)
| Won By: | Date: | Event: | Location: | Reign: |
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| Walter Willoughby | Mar 1909 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized as champion after defeating Ed Atherton in March of 1909.
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| -- Mar 1909 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1913 -- | ||||
| Otto Suter | 1913 | -- | -- | |
| -- 1913 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1916 -- | ||||
| Thor Olson | 1916 | -- | -- | |
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Reported in "The Flint Daily Journal" on June 22, 1916, as winning the Lord Lonsdale belt "in England in 1912"
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| Frank Burns | Jul 3, 1916 | -- | -- | |
| Ben Reuben | 1917 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized in Michigan in August 1917. Still champion as of November 22, 1917.
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| -- 1917 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- Dec 21, 1917 -- | ||||
| Joe Turner | Dec 21, 1917 | -- | -- | |
| -- Dec 21, 1917 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1918 -- | ||||
| Billy Schober | 1918 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized in Battle Creek, MI, in February 1918.
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| Chris Jordan | Mar 7, 1919 | Live Event | Lansing, USA | 21 days |
| Billy Schober [2] | Mar 28, 1919 | Live Event | Lansing, USA | 25 days |
| ** Vacated ** | Apr 22, 1919 | -- | -- | |
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After Schober is arrested for gambling fraud.
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| -- Apr 22, 1919 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1919 -- | ||||
| Pinky Gardner | 1919 | -- | -- | |
| -- 1919 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1919 -- | ||||
| Ted Thye | 1919 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized as champion in August 1919 after defeating Walter Miller in Portland, OR on June 4.
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| -- 1919 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1919 -- | ||||
| Henry Irslinger | 1919 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized as champion in Battle Creek, MI, in September 1919.
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| -- 1919 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1919 -- | ||||
| Johnny Meyers | 1919 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized as champion in Battle Creek, MI, in October 1919.
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| -- 1919 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1927 -- | ||||
| Chris Jordan [2] | 1927 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized as champion in Battle Creek, MI, in August 1927.
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| -- 1927 -- CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS UNCLEAR -- 1928 -- | ||||
| Gus Kallio | 1928 | -- | -- | |
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Recognized in Battle Creek, MI, in December 1928.
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| ** Vacated ** | Apr 9, 1930 | -- | -- | |
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Possibly vacated after winning the inaugural National Wrestling Association Middleweight Championship.
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